It Begins: Missouri Officials Already Planning To Spend More Of Your Money In 2014
Late last week, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon backed off a plan that would have returned some food stamp work requirements...
On The Medicaid Proposal Coursing Through The House
Last week, the Missouri House Committee on Government Oversight and Accountability voted 7-2 to pass House Bill 700, a proposal...
It Is Time to Reform Medicaid, Not Expand It
If someone who is sinking deeper and deeper into debt comes to you with an offer of “free money,” you...
Money Down a Drain: The Millions Spent on Missouri’s No-Show Feb. 7 Election
Missouri lawmakers are feeling embarrassed. And well they should be. The representatives of the Show-Me State were shown up as...
Occupation as Aggression – And Public Theater
What does it mean to ‘occupy Wall Street,’ “occupy KC,” or occupy any one of dozens of other cities. Plainly,...
Risky Business
In 2006, Indiana leased its 157-mile toll road to private investors for a $3.8 billion lump sum payment. The lease...
An Open Response to St. Louis Magazine Co-Owner Ray Hartmann
Yesterday, St. Louis Magazine co-founder Ray Hartmann wrote about how the Show-Me Institute has been raising questions regarding a proposal...
Kudos, Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato
When politicians are doing the right thing, it’s appropriate for us to congratulate them and highlight their good decisions. This...
The Next Big Handout: An “Aerotropolis” Near You?
The prospect of “Big Idea” economic development makes politicians do strange, contradictory things. On the stump, candidates rail against corporate...
Serious Effort to Reduce Number of State Reps
The Missouri Democratic Party has announced that it will be launching an initiative petition to reduce the number of state...
The 2010 Midterm Elections: A Tipping Point in U.S. Politics?
In this talk, given in Columbia on Feb. 7, 2011, columnist Bob Roper makes the case that the increased influence...
Myths and Realities of Campaign Finance: Lessons for Reform
Economist Jeff Milyo begins this talk debunking popular notions of campaign finance with the following true/false quiz: True or False?...
Legislators Should Listen to Economists, History
“If all the economists in the world were laid end to end,” George Bernard Shaw famously wrote, “they wouldn’t reach...
Some Observations on Prop C
Yesterday’s primary election featured a statewide vote on Proposition C, otherwise known as the Health Care Freedom Act. The bill...
Mixed Message About Tax Credits
Forbes recently published an article that praises Gov. Jay Nixon, and describes him as “cutter-in-chief”: Nixon proposed to “right-size” government...
Post-Dispatch Prefers Broken Legs Over Court Dates!
The editorial board for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch recently published a piece denouncing politicians who support payday loans. The editorial...
This Just In: Health Care Legislation Passed by Congress Has Unintended Consequences
On Friday, U.S. Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) sent a letter to AT&T and several other companies...
Turn On, Tune In, Drop By
Sorry for the late notice, but two Show-Me Institute staffers will be making appearances later today — one on the...
I Guess This Is One Way to Deal With Teacher Union Issues
This is probably a little more radical than most of us would hope for, but still quite interesting. The news...
Horrible Stuff Up and Down New Federal Spending Bill
This is just a depressing AP article on federal budget expenditures, from beginning to end. This has everything you need...
